BFB events talks seminars workshops

Quantitative PCR is an indispensable method for many molecular biological and especially diagnostic questions. In this seminar, we share our expertise as a manufacturer of polymerases and master mixes for PCR and qPCR with the participants. The seminar is based on the level of knowledge of the participants in terms of content and depth of presentation. It consists of a first part "Basics" (reagents, equipment, assay design, primer design) of approx. 60 min. followed by a lunch/coffee break of approx. 30-45 min. A second part of also approx. 60 min deals with "Advanced qPCR" (assay validation/optimization, common errors, troubleshooting, data analysis). In the final discussion, individual questions and problems of the participants can be addressed.

BIGS Neuroscience Council Thomas Blanpied, University of Maryland “Conserved, dynamic, and plastic elements of nanoarchitecture driving synaptic transmission” There is also the possibility to join a roundtable discussion after the talk, via Zoom. If you are interested it participating, please contact: students@bigs-neuroscience.de

DFG Funding Opportunities for Postdocs (in English) In unserer Vortragsreihe stellen wir Ihnen über das Jahr verteilt das DFG-Förderportfolio für Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in frühen Karrierephasen vor: Von einem ersten Überblick über die zentralen Förderangebote für Postdocs bis zu einzelnen Programmen der Personenförderung wie Walter Benjamin-, Emmy Noether- und Heisenberg-Programm, abwechselnd auf Deutsch und Englisch. Interessierte Promovierende und Postdocs aller Fachgebiete sind herzlich zur Teilnahme eingeladen.

In the lecture of the two scientists Patrick Weydt and Bernhard Landwehrmeyer, the link between World Alzheimer's Day and Huntington's disease as a hereditary cause of dementia will be made and the enormous potential for understanding genetic diseases and making them treatable will be explained (Lecture in German). Woody Guthrie died of Huntington's disease in 1967. His daughter Nora is committed to researching and treating the disease. In her lecture, she provides insights into her father's life and her own involvement in the fight against the deadly disease. (Lecture in English) Afterwards, there will be a concert by and with Wenzel, who will present Woody Guthrie texts and songs that he has translated into German, as well as a selection of his own works (www.wenzel-im-netz.de ).

Katrin Franke, Dr. Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen 'Visual information processing in mice - from the retina to cortex' Talk Abstract Every second, millions of bits of information enter our eyes. How does the brain identify task-relevant information from this gigantic input stream? This key challenge of the visual system is tackled by substantially processing the sensory input for behavioral relevance. In my talk, I will present recent work focusing on how neuronal circuits across the early visual system of mice extract diverse visual features from the environment. For that, we combine population functional imaging in the retina and the visual cortex with machine learning tools for data analysis